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    Noah Webster (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor...
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  • Webster's Dictionary is any of the US English language dictionaries edited in the early 19th century by Noah Webster (1758–1843), a US lexicographer, as...
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    after Noah Webster died, the company bought the rights to An American Dictionary of the English Language from Webster's estate. All Merriam-Webster dictionaries...
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    The Noah Webster House is a historic house museum located at 227 South Main Street, West Hartford, Connecticut. It was the boyhood home of American lexicographer...
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    actor Noah Webster (1758–1843), American lexicographer Noah Weißhaupt (born 2001), German footballer Noah Wekesa (born 1936), Kenyan politician Noah Welch...
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  • Language was a book written by American lexicographer Noah Webster in 1789. The book followed Webster's 1783 work Spelling Book and aimed to differentiate...
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    was an American lexicographer who was the chief competitor to Noah Webster of Webster's Dictionary in the mid-nineteenth-century. Their rivalry became...
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  • Webster or webster in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Webster may refer to: Webster (surname), including a list of people with the surname Webster (given...
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    following the work of Noah Webster and, in particular, his An American Dictionary of the English Language, first published in 1828. Webster's efforts at spelling...
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    personality Kyle Wallack, head hockey coach at Albertus Magnus College Noah Webster, lexicographer, textbook author, Bible translator, spelling reformer...
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    finger wrapped around the glass at the bottom. Another definition (from Noah Webster): "nearly an inch." Finger is also the name of a longer unit of length...
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  • books. After the death of Noah Webster, the lexicographer, the Merriams purchased the right of future publication of Webster's Dictionary. Wilson, J. G...
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  • of any size in the southern parts of British North America, with, as Noah Webster noted, "farm" becoming the usual term from about Maryland northward....
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    Noah Webster Overstreet FAIA (1888–1973) was an American architect in practice in Jackson, Mississippi from 1912 to 1968. He was a Fellow in the American...
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    became a new national system of education. After the American Revolution, Noah Webster used content from Emile in his best-selling schoolbooks and he also used...
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    virtues; for it makes them greater, and it is not found without them." Noah Webster defined Magnanimity in this way: Greatness of mind; that elevation or...
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    bulk of the Anglo-Saxon settlement in Britain, they were speculated by Noah Webster to have given England its name, and Grigsby remarks that on the continent...
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    She and Webster had two children together, another daughter named Grace and a son named Noah Webster. After the death of his first wife, Webster was frequently...
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    American clergyman, educator and lexicographer. He was the son-in-law of Noah Webster and edited his Dictionary after his father-in-law's death. Goodrich was...
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  • Merriam-Webster. Although the title refers to Noah Webster, the work is unrelated to the series of Webster's dictionaries published by the Merriam-Webster Company...
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  • particular contribution towards integrating these differences came from Noah Webster, who wrote the first American dictionary (published 1828) with the intention...
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    Noah Webster's 1833 limited revision of the King James Version, (more commonly called Webster Bible) focused mainly on replacing archaic words and making...
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  • (1966). Noah Webster, schoolmaster to America. New York: Octagon. p. 66.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) Harris, Micah (2024-09-01). "Noah Webster...
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  • Noah Webster Hutchings (December 11, 1922 – June 17, 2015) was the former president of Southwest Radio Church Ministries, a Christian broadcasting company...
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    In 1806, American Noah Webster published his first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. In 1807 Webster began compiling an expanded...
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    Ford (a granddaughter of Noah Webster and lifelong friend of Emily Dickinson). Ford was the great-grandson of Noah Webster and the brother of historian...
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  • adopted partially or temporarily. Many of the spellings preferred by Noah Webster have become standard in the United States, but have not been adopted...
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    Square was named after the "Blue-backed Speller," an educational book by Noah Webster, who was once a West Hartford resident. When the project was first introduced...
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    College of Timothy Dwight. The foremost intellectuals were Dwight and Noah Webster, who compiled his great dictionary in New Haven. Religious tensions polarized...
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    on liberty and sovereignty, that caused the controversy. In America, Noah Webster borrowed heavily from The Social Contract to write Sketches of American...
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